Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as the giant tube worm, is a marine invertebrate in the phylum Annelida. It inhabits hydrothermal vent ecosystems on the Pacific Ocean floor, where temperatures range from 2 to 30 °C. This species can tolerate extremely high hydrogen sulfide levels and relies entirely on symbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria housed in its trophosome for nutrition. These worms can grow up to 3 meters in length, with tubular bodies reaching a diameter of 4 cm, making them one of the most iconic organisms in deep-sea vent ecosystems.
Animalia (Kingdom); Annelida (Phylum); Polychaeta (Class); Sedentaria (Subclass); Canalipalpata (Infraclass); Sabellida (Order); Siboglinidae (Family); Riftia (Genus); Riftia pachyptila (Species)
Riftia pachyptila Jones, 1981
1. Jones M L. Riftia pachyptila, new genus, new species, the vestimentiferan worm from the Galapagos Rift geothermal vents (Pogonophora)[J]. 1981. (Jones et al., 1981)
Galapagos Rift, Rose Garden geothermal vent 0.8042 (0° 48' 15" N) -86.2247 (86° 13' 29" W), 2,450 meters
| Species | Phylum | Common Name | Ecosystem | Depth | Habitat | NCBI Taxonomy ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riftia pachyptila | Annelida | Cold seep, Deep sea, Vent field | 2,514 | hydrothermal vent site Tica, East Pacific Rise (Alvin dive 4839, 9°50.398′N, 104°17.506′W) | 6426 |
| Genome Assembly | Genome Size | Assembly level | Released year | WGS accession | Submitter | BioProject | BUSCO completeness (%) | Scaffold/Contig N50 (kb) | GC content (%) | Repeat Rate (%) | Gene Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 554Mb | Contig | 2023 | - | QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON | PRJEB55047 | 99.37 | 2870 | 40.49 | 29.99 | 37,037 |
| Title | Journal | Pubmed ID |
|---|---|---|
| Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms | nature communications | 37198188 |
| Gene ID | Description |
|---|---|
| RPACG05629.1 | CLARIN |
| RPACG05630.1 | - |
| RPACG05631.1 | - |
| RPACG05632.1 | - |
| RPACG05633.1 | GH10160P |
| RPACG05634.1 | - |
| RPACG05635.1 | PROLINE-RICH NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR |
| RPACG05636.1 | PROTEIN REGULATOR OF CYTOKINESIS 1 PRC1-RELATED |
| RPACG05637.1 | OS12G0117600 PROTEIN |
| RPACG05638.1 | - |
| RPACG05639.1 | IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR 20A-RELATED |
| RPACG05639.2 | - |
| RPACG05640.1 | IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR 20A-RELATED |
| RPACG05640.2 | - |
| RPACG05641.1 | - |
| RPACG05642.1 | MSF1/PX19 RELATED |
| RPACG05643.1 | DNA POLYMERASE I |
| RPACG05643.2 | - |
| RPACG05644.1 | NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE |
| RPACG05645.1 | NOP14 |
